Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Pink houses

I had a spurt of sewing energy the past couple of days and decided it was time to cut into my fabric. I forgot how much I love a simple fence rail pattern, especially when its stuffed full of pink. This top measures 37in. by 40in. I cut all the strips in this quilt 2 inches.

The fabric colors are based around the little houses print with pinks, green, yellow, and orange. I’m not sure the name of that houses print, but the rest of this quilt is made from fabrics by Amy Butler, Sandi Henderson, Denyse Schmidt and a few others here and there. The dark pink border is a Sandi Henderson print, I thought I had enough of it but needed 1 more 2” strip, so I had to make a quick fabric run this afternoon. (hate it when that happens!)

Its so nice to have a quilt shop nearby with lots of selection, even if the ladies that work there are mega cranky at all times. Seriously….cranky. They probably should eat more donuts.

And thanks for all the fall pillow love! I’ve had some questions about fabrics/ pattern. The pattern is in Stitch magazine to clarify, and was written by Malka. You can attach the button by using a long needle to thread from a button on the back to the button on front and so forth. I should have taken a picture of the back because its also pieced with a cute button…but I didn’t. The fabrics are a mix from a big pile, and honestly I don’t know the names of most of them, but if I did you know I would tell you!

I love Malka Dubrowsky's stuff! She lives in my same town too, though i've never met her. Your quilt is the EXACT mix of fabrics I would pick for my own quilt. Except I probably wouldn't have had the stripe in there because I wouldn't have thought of it. It's a really good mix, with the white house print giving the eye a place to rest. Very artistic, good job!

Love that Amy Butler yellow/green floral and the green/pink martini olives. Also love the mingle dots and the Butler green on green weird flowers. I'm always drawn back to that print, but usually not in such an interesting colorway (just the pink/white).

Oh, and I also meant to say that i've met more cranky quilt store ladies in my day than not. I always thought it was because I was 30 years younger and didn't automatically get respect, but maybe its the donut thing!

I had an experience with my local quilt shop yesterday. I went in there to buy a Bernina sewing/embroidery machine, the software to go with it, and the serger with coverstitch. They told me to come back on Tuesday or Wednesday when the owner gets back in town!?!?!?!

Sadly, there really aren't any local shops that have a great selection of fabulous prints - yet! I talked to the owner's daughter of the other quilt store today and she said that she's going to be ordering some fresh, young stuff!!!! WOOHOO!!!

My sister just found out she is having a little girl, after having 3 boys. When I saw this quilt I knew that was the pattern I would use for the Baby's quilt. If you pop over to my blog, you can see the fabrics I picked out for it.